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Practical guides on automating 3D to 2D work with AI.
Guide 3 min read
Can AI drive Autodesk Inventor? A guide for steel fabricators and design offices
Inventor can be controlled from outside, with scripts written and run by an AI agent. What that means in practice, what you need, what stays with the designer, and where it goes wrong.
Lessons 3 min read
Seven mistakes AI automation made on our cutting drawings, and the fix for each
An AI agent drafting from a STEP file is fast. It is also fast at repeating the same mistake on every part. The mistakes our AI-driven process made, and the rule each one left behind.
STEP 2 min read
Can AI find identical and mirrored parts in a STEP assembly?
Yes, and it is where an AI agent saves the most time: hundreds of drawings become far fewer. It is also where it can get a plate cut backwards. How the agent tells identical, mirrored and similar parts apart, and where a person must decide.
DXF 3 min read
Can AI read DXF files? Yes, with one step in between
A DXF is plain text, but an AI model should not read it raw. It writes a small script that reads the drawing for it. What that looks like, and how to set it up in four steps.
STEP 2 min read
Can AI get plate thickness from a STEP file? Only if it measures the right way
Ask an AI agent for the thickness of every plate in a STEP file and it will answer, confidently. Whether the answer is right depends on the method it uses. Four methods compared, and the one we let it trust.
Lessons 3 min read
How to check CAD files produced by an AI agent before they reach the shop
An AI agent reports success confidently, and its checks can agree with its mistakes. The signs that a measuring script is lying, why "0 errors" and "ALL OK" prove nothing, and the verification rules we apply to every drawing, DXF and nest.
Lessons 3 min read
How to check part quantities in a cutting DXF against the bill of materials
Quantities written in the notes of a delivery DXF must match the parts list, times the number of assemblies, with left-hand parts counted once. The rule that decides it, the error that put twenty extra plates in a delivery, and the parser traps an AI agent must handle.
Inventor 5 min read
How to drive Autodesk Inventor from the terminal without an MCP server
There is no official Inventor MCP server, and you do not need one. An AI agent can drive Inventor 2025 over COM from the command line. The method that works, the three that do not, the error codes you will see, and the rules that keep a batch run from breaking.
DXF 3 min read
Merging DXF files puts sections and weld symbols in the wrong place? Block names collide
Combine several DXF sheets into one and some sections, details or weld symbols show content from another sheet. No error, and every count says OK. Inventor numbers its blocks from zero on every sheet. How an AI agent detects the collision by content and remaps it.
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